The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-16

venge Of the world. His prayers and
benedictions were lost in that whirlwins
Of execr alton. away with him! away
with him!"
Ah!it was not merely the two pieces o.
wood that he carried: il was the trans
gress ions Of the race, the anguish Of ths
ages, the wrath of God, the sorrows o
he'll, the stupendous interests OF al
unending eternity. No wonder
his back bent. No wonder ths
blood started from every pore. No won
der that he crouched under torture thai
made the sun faint, and the everlasting
hills tremble, and the dead rush up il
their winding-sheets as he cried:
If It be possible. let this cup pass from me.
But the cup did not pass. None to com
fort.
There he hangsi What has that hand
done that It should be thus crushed in the
palm! 1t has been healing the lame and
wiping away tears. What has that foot
been doing that it should be SO lacerated:
1t has been going about doing good. Oh
what has the victim been guilty? Guilty
of saving world. Tell me, We heavens
and earth, was there ever such another
criminal? Was there ever such crime!
On that hill of carnage, that sunless day,
amid those bowling rioters, may not your
sins and mine have persisted! I believe
it.
Oh, the ransom has been paid. Those
arms of Jesus were stretched out so wide
that when he brought them together again
they might embrace the world. Oh, that
might, out of the blossoms Of the spring
or the flaming foliage of the autumn,
make one wreath for my Lord! Oh that
all the triumphal arches Of the world
could be swung in one gateway, where
the King Of Glory might come ini Oh
that all thu harps and trumpsts and or
gans of earthly music might in one
anthem, speak His praise!
But what were earthly flowers to Him
who walketh amid the snow Of the white
lilies of Heaven! What were arches of
earthly masonry to Him who hath about
His throne a rainbow spun out of ever.
lasting sunshine! What were a.; earthly
music to Him when the 144.0OO
ON one side, and the cherubim
and seraphim and archangels stand
on the other side. and all the space
between is filled with the doxologies Of
eternal jub lee the hosanah ola redeemed
earth, the hallelujah of unfallen angels.
song after song rising about the throne of
God and of the Lamb. In that pure, high
place, let Him hear US. Stop! harps Of
Heaven, that our poor cry may be beard.
Oh,my Lord Jesus, it will not hurt Thee
for one hour to step out from the shining
throne. They will make it all up when
Thou goest back again. Come hither, q
blessed one, that we may kiss Thy feet.
Our hearts, too long withhs' d, we now sur
render to Thy keeping. When Thou goest
lost are found, and let Thy fathers house
ring with the music and the dance.
They have some old wine in Heaven,
not used except in rare festivities. In this
world those who are accus toned to use
wine on great occasions bring out the wine
and say: This wine is thirty years old"
or "forty years old" But the wine Of
Heaven is more than eighteen centuries
old. 1t was prepared at the time when
Christ trOd the wine press alone. When
such grievous sinners as we come back,
methinks the chamberlain Of Heaven
cries out to the servants: "This is I'M
usual joy! Bring up from the vaults of
Heaven that old wine. Fill all the
tankards. Let all the whittier obed guests
drink to the immortal health OF the Lord
There is joy in Heaven
among the angels Of God over one sinner
that repen:eth; and God grant that one
may be you.
Again, in order to have a right heart it
must be forGiving heart. An old writer
says: ITO render good for evil is God.
like: good for good is man like: evil for
good devil.like." Which of these natures
have we? Christ will have nothing to do
with us as long as we keep any old
grudge. We have all been cheated and
lied about. There are people who
dislike us so much that il we
should como down to poverty and dis
grace. they would say, "Good for him!
Didn't tell you so?" They mover have un.
us, and never will. They do not
us. Unsanctified human
nature says "Wait till you get good
crack at him, and when at last you find
him in a tight place, give it to him. F,ay
him alive. No quarter. Leave not a rag
of reputation. Jump on him with both
feet. Pay him in his own coin-sarcasm
for sarcasm, scorn for scorn, abuse for
abuse"
But, my friends, that is not the right
kind of heart No man ever did so mean
a thing toward us as We have done toward
God. And if we can not forgive others,
how can we expect God to forgive us?
Thousands Of men have been kept out of
Heaven by an unforgiving heart.
Here is some one who says: 81 will for.
give that man the wrong he did me about
that house and lot; I will forgive
that man who overreached ms in a
will forgive that man who
sold me a shoddy overcoat; I for.
give them-all but one. That man I can
not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep
my hands Off of him. II my going to
depends on nv forgiving him,
then will stay out" Wrong feeling! II
q man lie to me once l am not called to
trust him again. II a man berray me
once am not called to put confidence in
him again. But would have no re 1t il I
could not offer sincere prayer for the
and everlasting welfare Of all
men, whatever IN ,annesses and outrages
hey have inflicted upon me. II you want
10 get your heart right, strike match and
burn up all your old grudges and blow the
ashes away. {.
II you forgive not men their trespasses.
,either will your Heavenly Father forgive you
FOUR trespasses.
An old Christian black woman was
going along the streets Of New York with
, basket of apples that she had for sale.
4 rough sailor ran against her and upset
he basket, and stood back, expecting to
,ear her scold frightfully; but she stopped
Town and picked up the apples. and said:
God forgive you, my son, as do" The
"a iloi saw the meanness of what he had
lone, and felt in his pocket for his money,
md insisted that she should take it all.
Though she was black. he called
Ter mother and said: "Forgive me, moth.
r; will never do. any thing so mean
again." All! there is a power in a for.